Sentence examples for devolved measures from inspiring English sources

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An announcement is expected later in the week on new devolved measures.

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Sturgeon says the devolved government has introduced measures to tackle Scotland's relatively low life expectancy.

Under the new system of regional autonomy, the four Basque provinces now enjoy a large measure of devolved power.

Often translated as "English votes for English laws", the question also comes up if non-English MPs become UK ministers and push through controversial England-only measures, even as their devolved government rejects them.

The British government had agreed in principle to such a law but since devolved government was restored in 2007, the measure has been vetoed by Sinn Féin's coalition partners, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

However, since the Government of Wales Act 2006 (GoWA 2006) came into effect in 2007, the Assembly had power to pass primary legislation as Assembly Measures on some specific matters within the areas of devolved responsibility.

And it now says that as part of its "examination of the eligibility, targeting and measures offered" under the scheme, it will look at "best practice from equivalent programmes of the devolved administration".

The SNP amendment to the Bill, which has its second reading in the Commons, says the measure is an "inadequate response to the election result in Scotland" and calls for more devolved powers on welfare, job creation, taxation and the national minimum wage.

Mr Jones's spell as leader of the devolved Welsh government, which began in 2009, has been one long attempt to shake off such impressions.By some measures, the principality is indeed an economic backwater.

The first minister's remarks were a measure of the bitter acrimony over Adams' detention between the two main parties in the regional devolved government, the DUP and Sinn Féin.

With regard to demand-side measures, engineering activities include organizational or managerial interventions such as prescribing targets, whereas economic interventions include penalties on devolved budgets, financial incentives linked to prescribing targets, as well as differential patient co-payments [ 76].

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